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A Closer Walk on AIDS
epidemic
New Delhi, April 2 The film has been written, directed and produced by Academy award nominee Robert Bilheimer. Narrated by Hollywood celebrities and Academy award nominees Glenn Close and Will Smith, combined with the award-winning cinematography to create a forceful and deeply moving image of what Glenn Close describes as ‘the way the world is’, the film portrays the stories of people living with AIDS as well as those caring and advocating for them. A Closer Walk features interviews with prominent figures, including His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Bono of music band U2 and UN Secretary General Kofi Anan. The Indian premiere of A Closer Walk promises to be one of the most important AIDS awareness events in India at a time when the AIDS epidemic threatens to jump from the country’s poor to its mainstream population, creating a scenario that could rival what the world has seen in Africa to date. Worldwide Documentaries in association with Ashraya-New York and Action India Trust in New Delhi, presents A Closer Walk with the support of General Motors, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and UNAIDS. Critically acclaimed, the film has been seen at various private screenings and at premieres across the world from the US, Europe and other places. A Closer Walk travels to more than a dozen countries on four continents to explore the ravages of the AIDS epidemic and its underlying currents in the world. Robert Bilheimer, film director, said: “There is no doubt in my view that the path India chooses to take at this critical point of the epidemic is on that the world is watching. All signs indicate that the AIDS epidemic is getting worse.
The funds to fight AIDS, TB and malaria are far short of the need.” The director said that in the face of the mounting disaster, there are no excuses, no explanations for this ghastly indifference, only the mass graves of those who have been betrayed. India can and must set an example for the world, he added. It took Bilheimer and his small film crew three years to film A Closer Walk in Africa, South Asia, Eastern Europe and Central America and other locations in the US. |
FCI roll past Kishan Ganj
New Delhi, April 2 Scores: FCI:
197 for 5 in 37.4 overs (Akash Malhotra 70, Pankaj Thakur 51, Ajit Chandela 3 for 25). Kishan Ganj: 197 for 9 in 40 overs (Mohd Atiq 57, Suresh Tanwar 39, Akash Malhotra 3 for 26, Sonu Vaid 3 for 38). Golden Hawks beat Mohan Meakins by eight wickets in a Super A Division match at the Yamuna complex ground. Scores: Mohan Meakins:
199 all out in 38.5 overs (Ashish Tanwar 62, Danny Zim 57, Arvind Chaudhary 3 for 27, Vishal Tyagi 2 for 13). Golden Hawks: 200 for 2 in 23.3 overs (Vishal Sharma 98 n o, Vishal Tyagi 50 n o). Delhi Administration defeated South Delhi Club by 23 runs in a Super A Division match at the Yamuna Complex ground. Scores: Delhi Admn:
218 for 4 in 25 overs (Manojpal Singh 102, Narender Malik 34, Rajender Bhardwaj 31). South Delhi: 195 for 8 in 25 overs (Rodney Charles 64, Hemant Dogra 72, Narender Malik 2 for 36, Mojpal Singh 2 for 39). Lal Bahadur Shastri Club defeated T N Colts by six wickets in an A-I Division match at the RSC ground. Scores: T N Colts:
186 all out in 40 overs (T P Singh 50, Surender Sharma 50, Dilip T T 5 for 50, Sandeep Yadav 3 for 14, Ravi Dixit 2 for 26). Lal Bahadur Shastri Club:
189 for 4 in 33.3 overs (Gaurav Chabra 64, Sandeep Yadav 31). |
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DDA to meet Ravindra Academy in Sood Cricket
opener
New Delhi, April 2 Organising secretary Pramod Sood said prominent teams like holders Food Corporation of India (FCI), runners-up Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Indian Airlines, Collage Group, Sonnet, R R Gymkhana, S G Sports, I G Stadium, Rajdhani Sports, Inborn Cricketers and Najafgarh Sports Club would be participating in the tournament.
NCA Level-3 Course National Cricket Academy vice-chairman C K Khanna said on Friday that two Delhi coaches—Gursharan Singh and Hitesh Sharma—will attend the Level-3 Course of the National Cricket Academy of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, to be held in Bangalore, from April 6 to 20.0.
Training Command,
Western Air Command win Training Command defeated Air Headquarters and Western Air Command got the better of Maintenance Command on the basis of their first innings lead in the Air Force Cricket Championship played at the Palam A and B grounds. Scores:
Training Command (1st innings): 246 all out (Partho 87, Karmakar 35, Pawan 5 for 62, Jai Kishan 2 for 56). Second innings: 190 for 4 (S Upadhyay 126 n o, Pawan 2 for 39). Air Headquarters (1st innings): 156 all out (Imran Khan 38, Karmakar 6 for 54, Tiwari 2 for 27). Second innings:
168 for 7 (Imran Khan 50, Rawat 58, Karmakar 5 for 63). Western Air Command (Ist innings): 230 all out (Anthony Roy 42, A K Singh 47, P Gupta 3 for 70, P Maitrey 2 for 23). Maintenance Command (1st innings): 167 all out (Pankaj Maitrey 44, R K Singh 3 for 35, Taneja 3 for 20, Laxmi 2 for 39).
DAV School beat
Ghaziabad DPS DAV Public School, Dayanand Vihar defeated DPS, Ghaziabad by seven runs in the 8th Mascot Inter-School Cricket Tournament. Scores: DAV School:
177 all out in 40 overs (Akul 39, Sahil Sharma 30, Madhav Agarwal 3 for 41, Manak Ghai 2 for 20, Ankit Sinha 2 for 28). DPS, Ghaziabad: 170 all out in 39.2 overs (Amit Thakur 87 n o, Sunny 4 for 18). |
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AIIMS lift shootingball
title
New Delhi, April 2 In the junior and sub-junior sections, Maharashtra beat Delhi 14-16, 15-10, 15-12 and accounted for Punjab 15-10, 15-12. Vidharbha defeated Maharashtra 14-16, 15-13, 15-12 in the girls section while MP beat UP 15-10, 12-15, 15-13 in the junior section. Vidarbha beat Tamil Nadu 15-10, 15-12 in the sub-junior section. Arun Kumar of Delhi was declared the best player of the tournament.
FICCI golf at DLF A large number of business heads will tee-off in the FICCI Invitational Golf Tournament to be played at the DLF course in Gurgaon on Saturday. The tournament will be a day-night affair as the DLF Course is the only fully flood-lit golfing facility in the country. The tournament will be played on a Team Stableford format. The team’s total will comprise of the best three cards out of four members in the team. Around the main tournament will revolve a few interesting contests like a ‘Spouses Putting Competition”. |
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Akash Yadav hits century for
Indraprastha
New Delhi, April 2 Cricket for street children UNICEF, in association with Leapfrog, will organise a cricket match for street children at the Delhi Public School ground, Mathura Road, on Saturday from 9.30 am to 11 am.
Budhalal School win Budhalal School of Patiala defeated Gyan Bharati Academy by 12 runs in an under-14 cricket match. Scores: Budhadal School:
195 for 9in 35 overs (Vishal 32, Amandeep Singh 31, Amant Singh 32, Kanwar Singh 53, Ajay Chouhan 2 for 29). Gyan Bharati:
183 all out in 34.1 overs (Ishan Chaturvedi 39, Harsh Deep Singh 33, Vishal 3 for 24, Paramvir Singh 2 for 43).
West Delhi Academy win West Delhi Academy defeated Vikaspuri Coaching Centre by two wickets in a league match of the first R C Sharma Memorial Under-17 Cricket tournament. Shailej Sondhi (3 for 13) was adjudged the man of the match. Scores: Vikaspuri:
178 for 9 in 40 overs (Raman Gujral 43, Vikrat Kohli 40, Chetan Chopra 30, Sailej Sodhi 3 for 13, Karan Rawal 3 for 31). West Delhi: 179 for 8 in 39 overs (Raman Gujral 43, Virat Kohli 40, Prateek Choudhry 30, Pradeep Sangwan 3 for 15, Sanjay Kumar 2 for 24, Priyank Tehlan 2 for 31). |
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DAV School beat Salwan
New Delhi: DAV School, Shalimarbagh defeated Salwan School by one run in the second Pankaj Jain Under-14 Cricket Tournament at the Bal Bharati School ground, Pitampura.
Scores: DAV:
179 for 8 in 35 overs (Ankit Dabas 61, Nishant Kumar 45, Sandeep Kaushik 36, Saurabh 4 for 38). Salwan Boys:
178 for 8 in 35 overs (Vaibhav 34 n o, Akash Choudhary 34, Akhil Goyal 3 for 27).
Daman, Bobby shine Fine batting by man of the match Daman Jeet and deadly bowling by Bobby (4 for 24) helped Saxena and Saxena defeat New Zealand High Commission by 36 runs and entered the quarter-final of the Abhi Cricket Tournament at the Siri Fort complex ground.
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CEC urged to probe ‘misuse’ of official machinery by
DGP
Sonepat, April 2 observers in Sonepat Lok Sabha constituency to inquire into the complaints about the use of official machinery and deployment of plainclothes policemen by the Director-General of Police Haryana, Mr M S Malik. The police officer’s wife, Mrs Krishna Malik, has been fielded by the ruling INLD as its candidate for contesting the Lok Sabha elections. Talking to mediapersons here today, he alleged that the policemen in plainclothes are engaged in a door-to-door canvassing for seeking support of the electorate in favour of Mrs Malik. He also alleged that these policemen had stayed at Phawar and Bichpari villages for the whole day and lured the electorate by assuring them that the government would give employment to the educated jobless
youths after the elections. Mr Sangwan made a fervent appeal to the Chief Election Commissioner to send his representative to Butana village on April 4 who, he said, would be able to see himself an officer on that day who will mobilise the people against him. He feared that if such a situation was allowed, the election to this constituency would be a hoax. The BJP leader also accused the Chief Minister, Mr Om Parkash Chautala, of discriminating Sonepat and Rohtak districts in the matter of development and supply of power and canal water for irrigation purposes during his four-year-regime. He predicted that the ruling INLD candidates would be defeated in the Lok Sabha elections and his government would collapse after it as the legislators and the ministers have started resigning from the party. |
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